I hope everyone has had a wonderful day, week, year, or life; however you want to look at it. I have decided to start over my blog because I did not like the depressing direction I was spiraling down. I took a break from blogging, and lets just say starting from February to now... This has been one hell of a year. Everyone's life has ups and downs, so I'll get the ball rolling and talk about whats in the now!
I think everyone gets the jist of what has been going on lately with gay rights, Caitlin Jenner, racial wars, the confederate flag, etc.... I won't talk about any of it, just know I have my own opinions and I'm not going to argue with anyone about it. Instead I want to talk about Pentatonix. For those of you that don't know Pentatonix, take a field trip to youtube and listen, I'll wait......
Their freaking amazing right? When my organizational adviser first showed me Pentatonix, I fell in figurative love. It isn't just the music that I like about them, it is the group itself. I did some digging on the interwebs to find out more about them..
***this information is second hand knowledge off the internet, I'm not 100%, but I find it interesting***
Some people see Pentatonix as four white people and a black guy, or four guys and a girl, two gay guys and three straight people, etc. What I see is equality, five people who look different in appearance, but are all working as one group equally and are completely tolerant of each others differences. I want to list off information about the members: *I'm going to be brief, so if you want to know more about them google is your friend, I am just briefing to prove a point*
Kevin - The beat boxer of the group. He is a Seventh-day Adventist, and does not believe that he is one to judge others for their appearance and interests. Two of his closest friends, whom are in the A capella group with him, are what society would consider to be homosexual, I will get to that subject in just a moment.
Mitch and Scott - These two men are what society would consider homosexual, but when I read a few things about them, the two of them believe that they just "are". I like this term, they don't have a specific title, they just believe they are what they are.
Avi and Kirstie - I don't know musical terms, but Avi is the member that hits the extremely low notes and he is Jewish, not only is he Jewish, but he has done a whole Christmas music album with the group. Kirstie is the female of the group and a christian, she has no problem with any of the men's differences in the group, and none of the men look differently to her because she is a female. I'm briefing this so I can get to my point and you can continue with your day!
All five of these group members are different, but they are not seen as homosexual, Jewish, white, black, male, or female. These five members are seen as one group of five people working together, acknowledging the differences of their cohorts, but they see each other as equals. I read a quote online, it may be from a famous person, but I read it from a random comment. The quote stated, "The only way to overcome differences is by not acknowledging there are differences". I completely disagree with this statement. If everyone in the world were the same do you know bland and unoriginal this world would be? Differences should be acknowledged and praised. The only way we will ever be equal is by acknowledging that everyone is different and we can learn a thing or two from each other. It is a small planet inside of a infinite universe, we all share it for the rest of our lives, so we better start getting our acts together and actually live as a whole. I post this today because of the Supreme Courts decision of legalizing gay marriage. It is a huge step towards full equality is is a giant glimmer of light at the end of a small tunnel. I know many people I know won't agree with anything I am saying, but hey, we live in a new age, things are changing and we all need to except that. As a straight male with religious beliefs, I do believe that it is not my place to judge others because of their differences because I myself am different. The people who know me know how different I am and they are different as well, we are all different!
Thank you for reading this blog and please if you have any additions or opinions please do not be afraid to comment. Someone told me to use a chain to represent this blog post, but I thought that if a chain link is broken, the whole chain becomes useless. I decided to use a rope instead to represent this, because even though a few strands of the rope may snap off and get removed, the rope itself is still intact and strong.
Again, thank you for reading,
-SlumberJack
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